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This is not uncommon. My education was in math and, although there are also polyvalent people, I'd say quite a few of my comrades were either mainly Analysis or
by MITSardine 2y ago
This is not uncommon. My education was in math and, although there are also polyvalent people, I'd say quite a few of my comrades were either mainly Analysis or mainly Algebra people. In a sense, Algebra is similar to high-level languages and OOP, thinking of structure and how things articulate because of their nature, Analysis is like closer to the metal programming, how does this thing behave locally, controlling approximations and such. I believe programmers are equally split along this axis, are they not?
- iamwil 2y agoThis split does exist, and I often refer others to https://josephg.com/blog/3-tribes/ https://josephg.com/blog/3-tribes/ There's a 3rd type of programmer, besides the first two you mentioned.
- PaulHoule 2y agoNot sure which one I am in. It really depends on the project and who I am working with, I’m kind of a chameleon and sometimes I change to fit in with my organization and other times I change to be what the other people around me aren’t.